2011 - THE YEAR OF THE BIBLE
Following the CRE booking, Luke Walton, the Arts Development Officer of Bible Society, asked us to make Re:Creation available for the Bible Fresh initiative as part of the 2011 celebrations events for the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. At the 12UK wide Bible Fresh launch meetings, details were presented to over 1000 church leaders through information packs which include a CD with 20 minutes of extracts from the full Re:Creation score. We are encouraging churches to partner with their local choral societies, orchestras and soloists to present Re:Creation. We have also prepared an abridged version (approx 60 minutes) to enable organisers to present Re:Creation as half a concert programme, and to perform extracts from King James text oratorios in the same concert (eg Messiah, Elijah)
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BIBLEFRESH BOOKINGS 2011:

Sat 12^th March
SCRATCH CHOIR WORKSHOP DAY, Burlington Baptist Church, Ipswich, Suffolk
Organised by Music and Worship Foundation with Geoff Weaver and Richard Hubbard using selections from Re:Creation Part 2.

Wed 11^th May
THE CHRISTIAN RESOURCES EXHIBITION, Sandown Race Course, Esher, Surrey
A presentation of extracts in the Arts Theatre at 1pm by the Re:Creation Singers.

Sat 11^th June
LONDON PENTECOST FESTIVAL, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London
Re:Creation  is the concluding concert of the 6 day festival, which in 2010 attracted 20,000 people. It is being performed in Central Hall - a 2,200 seater, opposite Westminster Abbey - and will be conducted by Dr. Noel Tredinnick, a frequent contributor to BBC Songs of Praise, who is the Director of Music at All Souls, Langham Place. Noel is probably the best known and respected UK Christian conductor who has run his sell-out concerts, Prom Praise and Christmas Praise at The Royal Albert Hall since 1988 with similar events across the UK, Europe and the USA. Soloists will include Heidi Pegler, Sarah Stroh, Stuart Overington, Peter Barber and John Langley singing the voice of God. The chorus will include about 100 singers from three choirs: The Occam Singers (Director: David Gibson), Re:Creation Singers from Guildford and Sing Immanuel (Director: Alan Crosskey) from Buckhurst Hill. The Chameleon Arts Orchestra will play at this Gala performance.

Sat 10^th September
CHRIST CHURCH URC, Chelmsford, Essex
A performance by singers from local choirs and orchestra under of the direction of Edward Allen, Head of Music at Billericay School.

Sat 1^st October
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Lindfield, West Sussex
A performance by The New Sussex Singers.

Sat 8^th October
ST JOHN'­S CHURCH, Egham, Surrey
Egham Choral Society will sing Re:Creation under the direction of  Steve Merrony.

Sat 15^th October
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Guildford, Surrey
The Occam Singers will sing Re:Creation augmented by the Re:Creation  Singers. The orchestra under the direction of David Gibson, is New London Sinfonia.

Date To Be Announced
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Lindfield, West Sussex
A performance by The New Sussex Singers.



OTHER NEWS:

Contacts are pending in the Far East as the editor of the Council for World Mission's Global magazine Inside Out has featured Re:Creation (see feature review) and will commend us to church leaders in the English speaking congregations where there are choir directors.

SACRED CHORAL COLLECTION now on sale..!

A selection of short pieces by Re:Creation composer David Perkins for mixed choir, soloists and piano/organ accompaniment compiled from longer works including Re:Creation, Song of Psalms and Mass. Profits from the sale of scores will go towards the promotion of Re:Creation to a wider audience.

For more information or to order copies (£10 + p&p) contact: derek@recreationtheoratorio.com

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